Philip A. Glotzbach

Philip A. Glotzbach became the seventh President of Skidmore College on July 1, 2003.
A philosopher, academic administrator, and spokesperson on issues of higher education,
he joined the College following eleven years at the University of Redlands in southern
California, where he served as Vice President for Academic Affairs and, before that,
as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Prior to arriving at Redlands, he was
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Denison
University, where he taught for fifteen years.

In his nine years at Skidmore, President Glotzbach has overseen the development and
implementation of the College's Strategic Plan entitled Engaged Liberal Learning: The Plan for Skidmore College 2005-2015. Using the Strategic Plan as a roadmap, President Glotzbach is leading campus initiatives to enhance student
academic engagement, intercultural and global understanding, and responsible citizenship,
while working to strengthen the College's financial and human resources. During this
time, the College has implemented a new First-Year curriculum and several interdisciplinary
majors and minors, substantially increased support for athletics, and seen the Frances
Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery rise to national prominence as the premier
institution of its kind among college and university galleries.

Since 2003, the College has increased both its selectivity in admissions and the diversity
of its student body. It also has placed a new emphasis on intercultural literacy
and global understanding across its curricular and co-curricular programs; in addition,
it has provided support to enable all students to study abroad. Currently, on average,
nearly 60% of each graduating class will have benefited from such opportunities.
At the same time, the College has been working to increase scientific literacy across
the curriculum. Finally, the College is placing increased emphasis on environmental
responsibility, student research (including student-faculty research), student volunteerism,
service learning, and student internships. The overarching framework for all this
work is the College’s assertion that Creative Thought Matters – a commitment we see
as fundamental to achievement in all areas of the curriculum and our students’ lives.

In addition to the Strategic Plan, Skidmore completed a revised Campus Plan to guide building decisions for the foreseeable future and improve its stewardship
of the 700 acre Skidmore North Woods. Under the guidance of the Campus Plan, Skidmore has invested more than $150 million in numerous initiatives to improve
both the facilities and ambience of the campus. Specifically, the College completed
apartment-style campus housing for 380 upperclass students, totally renovated the
dining facility, enhanced athletic facilities, constructed the Arthur Zankel Music
Center (providing a new home for the Music Department and including the spectacular
650-seat Helen Filene Ladd Hall), renovated Filene Hall, renovated Saisselin Hall
(Studio Art), renovated Starbuck Center, renovated Scribner Library (moving IT into
that building to enhance technological resources for students and faculty members),
and soon will complete the replacement of the aging Scribner Village complex with
new apartment-style townhouse residences for sophomores, juniors, and seniors. During
this time, each previously existing residence hall also has been updated, with special
attention to health and safety issues (e.g., adding sprinklers). All these construction
and renovation projects incorporate significant "green" design features, most notably
geo-thermal heating and cooling, for which the College has received national recognition.
Skidmore is now engaged in a major curricular and facilities planning effort aimed
at bringing all the physical and life science departments and programs together –
comprising 40% of the College’s faculty – to create new synergies in teaching and
learning.

Supporting these efforts is Skidmore's recently completed six-year Creative Thought - Bold Promise comprehensive campaign, which raised over $216 million in support from trustees,
alumni, parents, students, employees, foundations, and friends of the College. The
Zankel Center was funded as one initiative in the campaign, other initiatives included
funding for two new endowed chairs, support for financial aid, student-faculty summer
research, other building projects (including the lead gift for the Scribner Village
replacement), and over $75 million in unrestricted funds.

President Glotzbach is active with a number of state and national organizations that
support higher education, including the Association of American Colleges and Universities
(AAC&U), the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU),
the American Council on Education (ACE), the Council of Independent Colleges and Universities
of New York (cIcu), and the Annapolis Group of colleges (which he currently serves
as chair of the Executive Committee). He has written and presented widely on issues
in higher education. Those topics have ranged from the shaping of institutional mission
and the importance of science in the liberal arts to faculty workloads, collaborative
leadership, shared governance on college and university campuses, strategic planning
for colleges and universities, and the meaning of both intercultural literacy and
scientific literacy. He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the
Adirondack Trust Company of Saratoga Springs and the Saratoga Springs Chamber of Commerce.

He earned his B.A. degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1972 (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and his M.Phil. (1974) and Ph.D. from Yale University in 1979. His areas of academic
specialization are the philosophy of psychology and the philosophy of language, including
research on philosophical issues in perception and artificial intelligence. His personal
interests include reading, film, theater, photography, physical fitness (including
golf, running, and downhill and cross-country skiing), and acoustic folk guitar.

Marie B. Glotzbach

Marie B. Glotzbach, a theatre educator for more than 35 years and the wife of President
Glotzbach, has been a steady presence and involved partner in his work, especially
in fundraising and outreach to the Skidmore and Saratoga Springs communities. Over
the course of her professional career, Marie has been a teacher, administrator, and
a theatrical director/producer. Prior to the Glotzbachs' move to Skidmore, Marie was
a visiting lecturer and guest director in the Department of Theatre at the University
of Redlands, and Artistic Director of the Theater Arts Company in Redlands. She is
presently a lecturer in Skidmore's Department of Theater. During the fall of 2006,
Marie and Phil co-taught a Scribner Seminar for first-year students titled "The Liberally
Educated Leader."

For more than 35 years, Marie has been an active member of the Educational Theatre
Association (EdTA), serving on its Board of Trustees and in various leadership positions,
including the EdTA Leadership Coach for the northeast. She received an Outstanding
Achievement in Theater Award from the Ohio Theatre Alliance, and in 2001 Marie was
inducted into the EdTA Hall of Fame. She also received the University of Redlands
Town and Gown Association’s Women of Distinction award as an arts and education leader
in that community.

During her time at Skidmore, Marie has helped to enhance the College’s presence in
the local community by spearheading major collaborative efforts such as Saratoga Reads!
(a community-wide single-book reading project), Skidmore Cares (a College-wide charitable
giving campaign during the holiday season), and the SaratogaArtsFest (a celebration
of the arts that was launched during the summer of 2007), in which she served as the
first Chair of the Board of Directors. She also has served as a member of the Board
of Directors of Saratoga's Universal Preservation Hall and Children and Nature and
currently sits on the Leadership Saratoga Board. In addition, Marie is a mentor in
the Saratoga Sponsor-a-Scholar program. She has been honored by the Saratoga Springs
Rotary Foundation for her community service and has been named as one of the top 10
“Women of Influence” by Saratoga Today newspaper. In December 2012, Marie received the inaugural Community Arts Leadership
Award by Saratoga Arts.

Beyond her commitment to the Saratoga Springs community, Marie has been actively engaged
in maintaining the legacy of Scribner House, the President's home originally owned
by Lucy Skidmore Scribner, the College's founder. She has worked with the Tang Museum to install
a collection of art works at Scribner House reflecting both the College's heritage
(many of the pieces were owned by Mrs. Scribner), as well as the strength of its current
studio arts faculty. The Glotzbachs regard Scribner House as the "living room of
the College,” and Marie and Phil enjoy opening their home to members of the Skidmore
and Saratoga Springs communities on many occasions throughout the year.

Marie holds a B.A. in theatre from Clarke College and an M.A. from the University
of Redlands, with additional graduate study in music and theatre at the Hartt School
of Music and Ohio University.

Jason and Elizabeth Glotzbach

The Glotzbachs are the parents of two adult children: Jason and Elizabeth. Dr. Jason
Glotzbach (Princeton '99 and Tulane Medical School '05) is a fifth-year resident in
general surgery at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His residency included
three years of stem cell research on the regeneration of heart tissue at Stanford
Medical School. Beginning in 2013, Jason will undertake a Fellowship in Cardiothoracic
Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. Jason is married
to Dr. Kristi Lewis Glotzbach (St. Mary's College of California '98 and Tulane Medical
School '05), who completed her residency in pediatrics at the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill and then completed a Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at the
Stanford Medical School. She currently is finishing a second fellowship, in Pediatric
Intensive Care, at Duke University. Their first child, Barrett William Glotzbach,
was born in May 2010.

Elizabeth Glotzbach attended Santa Clara University ('03), where she majored in Communications
and played on the women’s water polo team; she was named a co-captain her senior year.
After graduation, Liz worked in the film industry in Los Angeles, most recently as
a creative coordinator at Fox Searchlight Pictures. Tragically, in May 2011, while
she was an associate producer on a film being shot in New York City, Elizabeth lost
her life to Type I diabetes. In recognition of her indomitable spirit, the Santa
Clara water polo team has named its annual prize for the most inspiring player in
her honor. At Skidmore, generous contributions from alumni and trustees have enabled
the College to establish in her memory a paid student internship in the film industry
and a scholarship, for which the Glotzbach family is deeply grateful.

Summit

The final member of the Glotzbach family is Summit, a chocolate Labrador retriever
who proudly serves as the College's "first dog" and delights in greeting students
and other visitors at Scribner House and around campus.